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Broters Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui and an explosives expert, Najim Laachraoui, were the terrorists who carried out the Brussels attack at the city’s main airport and a Metro stop on Tuesday.

Anti-terror police located the terrorists’ safehouse in the Schaerbeek district of the city, discovering 33 pounds of the “Mother of Satan” explosive whose scientific name is triacetone triperoxide, according to U.K. Daily Mail.

The peroxide-based explosive comes in the form of a white powder and has been deemed to be highly dangerous when “cooked,” as just a few grams can blow off a person’s hand, and larger amounts can easily destroy buildings.

Terrorists, such as those associated with the Islamic State group, have used this explosive because it is fairly easy to make from readily avaiIable ingredients. Two of the ingredients, hydrogen peroxide and acetone, can be found in household products, such as bleach and nail polish remover.

A coarse powder of white crystals is created by the mixture of chemicals and requires only a basic detonator to explode, triggering a huge blast of burning gas.

This “Mother of Satan” explosive was also used by Islamic State group terrorists in the Nov. 13 attacks across Paris. There, the terrorists packed the explosives into their suicide vests.

Counter-terrorism officials have been increasingly concerned about the explosive’s growing popularity, as well as the ease with which terrorists can access the ingredients and make a deadly bomb.

“The main problem posed by TATP is the easy availability of ingredients,” an anonymous French counter-terrorism official said. “We can monitor sales of oxygenated water, but if these guys are smart enough, they will buy small quantities from 20 pharmacies. It’s the same for acetone and acid.”

The official said his counter-terrorism team spent an afternoon learning how to make the “Mother of Satan” explosives purely with items bought from a DIY store.

“It was worryingly easy,” he said.

We will likely see more terrorists use this type of easily created explosive; therefore, our anti-terror and national security officials must learn how to screen for it at airports, train stations and at the border.

As if the threat posed by the Islamic State group wasn’t terrifying enough already, now they have figured out ways to kill us at little to no cost. We must stop them before they get to us.

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